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Posted by: scalarcharge ® 10/04/2006, 12:40:40 Author Profile eMail author Edit

I could be over-complicating this, but don't we need to know the entire lenght of the trailer and the weight distribution?

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Posted by: stugny ® 10/04/2006, 12:45:38 Author Profile eMail author Edit

The over all length is 335". I know that over all weight distribution can affect it but I am assuming that the number required will be with in a distance where the the distribution is pretty equal.

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Posted by: scalarcharge ® 10/05/2006, 09:25:37 Author Profile eMail author Edit

This is what I got:

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Posted by: stewart ® 10/04/2006, 07:14:37 Author Profile eMail author Edit

Hello Stugny I'll say 2.4" Stewart

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Posted by: swearingen ® 10/04/2006, 08:30:05 Author Profile eMail author Edit

I'm coming up with 2.1 inches, but whatever it is, it isn't much!

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Posted by: stugny ® 10/04/2006, 08:40:32 Author Profile eMail author Edit

Thank you, but can you tell me how you came up with this answer?

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Posted by: swearingen ® 10/04/2006, 15:06:00 Author Profile eMail author Edit

The calculation is incorrect because I assumed the entire mass would be moving which is not true. What portion of the 11,200lb load would you move to change the tongue weight? Once you give this, I'll show the calcs necessary. Sorry about that...

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